Concepts

Integrated infrastructure dealing with all aspects of sensor-based measurements from data acquisition, curation, quality analysis and control, integration with other data systems, visualization, and d...

Process where new layers of bone are formed and other layers previously formed are resorbed into the endosteum, resulting in calcium extraction and potential destruction of growth rings

The living together of two dissimilar organisms in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.

Exotic species benefit from the loss of a subset of their natural enemies during immigration

The hypothesis that energy budgets rather than time budgets constrain marmot activity patterns

When multiple cues reduce uncertainty by providing supplemental information, resulting in increased response compared to single components

Bayesian data assimilation technique using Monte Carlo ensemble to approximate probability distributions for parameter estimation

Technique that combines multiple models weighted by performance measures to improve prediction accuracy

A measure of noisiness in alarm calls, quantified using deterministic chaos analysis

The relationship between abiotic environmental features and patterns of individual social behavior and network position

A latent variable representing overall environmental suitability that affects multiple demographic processes simultaneously

Changes in protein catalytic function through amino acid substitutions affecting substrate specificity or activity

Regional-scale vertical movement of the Earth's crust without significant deformation

Mathematical relationship among state variables that describes the system independent of how those values were achieved

Concept that multiple different parameter combinations can produce equally acceptable model fits to observed data

Analysis of whether population equilibria are locally stable or unstable based on eigenvalues of the Jacobian matrix

Ensuring that fieldwork safety accommodates different identities and experiences, and that safety cannot be promoted except through explicit consideration of power dynamics and workers' identities

Physiological mechanisms allowing insects to survive and function despite exposure to ethanol, including alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme activity

The physiological water loss and evaporative water loss response in amphibians as changing climatic conditions are linked to increased thermal and hydric stress

Formation of chemical sedimentary rocks through evaporation of saline waters leading to precipitation of minerals like gypsum and halite

Refers to predator-naive prey, whose ancestors historically interacted with a predator, but who have not interacted with that predator in their own lifetime

The co-optation of existing traits for new functions during evolution

The component of atmospheric gas dissolved from air bubbles trapped below the water table when it rises during recharge events

Year following incursion when virus may overwinter and resurge with slightly different climatological conditions

Unintended consequences of experimental manipulations that may impact study results

Mathematical function Y = A·e^(-β·d) where Y is root mass, A is root mass at soil surface, d is soil depth, and β defines steepness of decline

Mathematical model describing how pollen deposition decreases exponentially with successive flower visits

The effect of genes beyond the boundaries of the individual organism, including effects on associated communities